Forest

  • 21Forest — This article is about a community of trees. For other uses, see Forest (disambiguation). A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) …

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  • 22Forest — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour les articles homophones, voir Forêt (homonymie), Forêt, foret et Forez. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia  …

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  • 23forest — forestal, forestial /feuh res cheuhl/, adj. forested, adj. forestless, adj. forestlike, adj. /fawr ist, for /, n. 1. a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland. 2. the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest …

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  • 24forest — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dense, thick ▪ impenetrable ▪ deep ▪ dark ▪ native, natural …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 25forest — Synonyms and related words: afforestation, afforestational, arboreous, arboretum, back country, backwoods, bed, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bosky, braky, broadcast, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, bushy, chase, climax forest, cloud… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26Forest —    Heb. ya ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans Jordanic forest of Ephraim (2 Sam. 18:6, 8; Josh. 17:15, 18),… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 27forest — 01. Many animals lose their homes when a [forest] is cut down. 02. He works in [forestry] developing trees that are more naturally resistant to pests. 03. The area was [reforested] about 30 years ago, and is scheduled to be logged in the near… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 28forest — n. 1) to clear a forest 2) a dense, thick; impenetrable; luxuriant; primeval; virgin forest 3) a broad leaf; coniferous; deciduous; evergreen; (tropical) rain forest 4) a national; state (US) forest 5) the forest stretches for miles * * * [… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 29forest — {{11}}forest (n.) late 13c., extensive tree covered district, especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from O.Fr. forest forest, wood, woodland (Mod.Fr. forêt), probably ultimately from L.L./M.L. forestem… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 30forest — /ˈfɒrəst / (say foruhst) noun 1. an area of bushland dominated by trees, the type of tree often being specified: paperbark forest; gum forest. 2. a tract of land on which trees are cultivated: pine forest. 3. the trees themselves: to cut down a… …